Finally got around to downloading this (had some wireless router issues I had to fix up). Here's what's happened, as it's happening:
- Run program. Rez selection screen appears. Select 1920 x 1200, Fullscreen. Hit Start. MAV.
- Head into Tank Universal Demo directory, and delete TU_SCR.CFG and start again. Select same as before. MAV. :o(
- Again, head into directory. No CFG file there now. Delete .SCO file out of spite and try again. Screen goes black. "w00t!" thinks I. MAV. Awwww... At least the CFG file was created this time.
- Open config file with Notepad++ (highly recommended, btw). See that it has values of 1024, 768, 32, 1. Looks a lot like the default rez setting I selected away from a moment ago. Leave it as is and try again... for now...
- Fire up game again. It works! As fugly as 1024 x 768 is expected to be on a 1920 x 1200 24" LCD monitor, but it's working. Exit game to try something else. Oh. "TU_DEMO.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close..." - happened when I clicked on Exit on the outro screen. I reported the problem to Microsoft. I'm sure they'll give you a call any moment...
- Okay, well now we have TU.cfg and TU_DEMO.exe-up.txt in the directory. Let's see what they have to say for themselves...
TU_DEMO.exe-up.txt
I hope that means something to you. TU.cfg is binary - not much to see there without a hex editor (that I currently don't have).
- Okay - try editing TU_SCR.cfg manually. Set it to 1920x1200. Let's see...
- Farrr.... Well, it worked... almost. Came up to the rez selection screen with it preselected. Clicked on Start. Indie-Gaming logo came up. Very nice too. Just touched in to the title screen.. music starts... MAV. Three notes of music now looping over and over, begging for me to dismiss the MAV message. Click OK to MAV. "TU_DEMO.exe has encountered a problem..." Reporting it to Microsoft again gets rid of the music, at least.
- Ooh - a nice new shiny TU_DEMO.exe-up.txt. Different, too.
Okay, well I'll keep fiddling and see what I can get to happen from this, but so far I'm thinking it's a good thing you guinea-pigged us before you released this on your site. :o) This'll be great when it works, I'm sure, but so far... well... You're lucky you're a nice fella. :o) A faceless corporation would be getting a right tonguelashing about now...
Pertinent specs: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (@ 2.5Ghz), 4GB ram, nVidia 9800GTX 512MB, Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Fata1ity Platinum, WinXP Pro SP3. (I really should update my sig)
Hope that helps...
- Run program. Rez selection screen appears. Select 1920 x 1200, Fullscreen. Hit Start. MAV.
- Head into Tank Universal Demo directory, and delete TU_SCR.CFG and start again. Select same as before. MAV. :o(
- Again, head into directory. No CFG file there now. Delete .SCO file out of spite and try again. Screen goes black. "w00t!" thinks I. MAV. Awwww... At least the CFG file was created this time.
- Open config file with Notepad++ (highly recommended, btw). See that it has values of 1024, 768, 32, 1. Looks a lot like the default rez setting I selected away from a moment ago. Leave it as is and try again... for now...
- Fire up game again. It works! As fugly as 1024 x 768 is expected to be on a 1920 x 1200 24" LCD monitor, but it's working. Exit game to try something else. Oh. "TU_DEMO.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close..." - happened when I clicked on Exit on the outro screen. I reported the problem to Microsoft. I'm sure they'll give you a call any moment...
- Okay, well now we have TU.cfg and TU_DEMO.exe-up.txt in the directory. Let's see what they have to say for themselves...
TU_DEMO.exe-up.txt
__SEH__ 0xc0000005 at 0x7c911669 CS :0x0000001B SS :0x00000023 DS :0x00000023 ES :0x00000023 FS :0x0000003B GS :0x00000000 EAX:0x00AA3CF0 EDX:0x10104620 ECX:0x0000001A ESP:0x0012FDD0 EBP:0x0012FDDC EIP:0x7C911669 ESI:0x00AA3CE8 EDI:0x00AA3D08 -- backtrace -- 0x7c911669:[ntdll.dll]:(001:00010669) 0x7c91082c:[ntdll.dll]:(001:0000f82c) 0x1009d233:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:0009c233) 0x1008f61b:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:0008e61b) --stack-- 0x0012fdd0: 0x00aa0000 0x00aa3d08 0x00000000 0x0012feb0 0x0012fde0: 0x7c91082c 0x0000001a 0x00aa3d08 0x0012fe94 0x0012fdf0: 0x00000000 0x00aa3d38 0x00aa3d10 0x00000001 0x0012fe00: 0x00ab0000 0x00000008 0x00aa3d30 0x7c91003d 0x0012fe10: 0x00000001 0x010ddd38 0x00000001 0x00aa3d38 0x0012fe20: 0x0a123790 0x09ff3f58 0x00aa0178 0x00b570a8 0x0012fe30: 0x00ba3000 0x049bae28 0x00aa01b0 0x00000040 0x0012fe40: 0x09f82008 0x000000d1 0x00aa01a0 0x00b570b0
I hope that means something to you. TU.cfg is binary - not much to see there without a hex editor (that I currently don't have).
- Okay - try editing TU_SCR.cfg manually. Set it to 1920x1200. Let's see...
- Farrr.... Well, it worked... almost. Came up to the rez selection screen with it preselected. Clicked on Start. Indie-Gaming logo came up. Very nice too. Just touched in to the title screen.. music starts... MAV. Three notes of music now looping over and over, begging for me to dismiss the MAV message. Click OK to MAV. "TU_DEMO.exe has encountered a problem..." Reporting it to Microsoft again gets rid of the music, at least.
- Ooh - a nice new shiny TU_DEMO.exe-up.txt. Different, too.
__SEH__ 0xc0000005 at 0x1009c664 CS :0x0000001B SS :0x00000023 DS :0x00000023 ES :0x00000023 FS :0x0000003B GS :0x00000000 EAX:0x00000000 EDX:0x00000001 ECX:0x00000595 ESP:0x01A9FD84 EBP:0x01A9FD8C EIP:0x1009C664 ESI:0x09DDF280 EDI:0x00001055 -- backtrace -- 0x1009c664:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:0009b664) 0x100d5c88:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:000d4c88) 0x100d5e30:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:000d4e30) 0x100d3b4b:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:000d2b4b) 0x100dfb50:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:000deb50) 0x100dfe19:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:000dee19) 0x100d3b22:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:000d2b22) 0x100cad88:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:000c9d88) 0x100caeb9:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:000c9eb9) 0x100cafde:[TU_DEMO.exe]:(001:000c9fde) 0x7c80b713:[kernel32.dll]:(001:0000a713) --stack-- 0x01a9fd84: 0x09e094f8 0x00000598 0x01a9fdb4 0x100d5c88 0x01a9fd94: 0x00001055 0x09ddf280 0x00000598 0x00000001 0x01a9fda4: 0x09e094f8 0x00002134 0x00000001 0x00000000 0x01a9fdb4: 0x01a9fddc 0x100d5e30 0x00001055 0x00002134 0x01a9fdc4: 0x00002134 0x00000000 0x09e094f8 0x00002134 0x01a9fdd4: 0x09ddf830 0x09ddf848 0x01a9fe30 0x100d3b4b 0x01a9fde4: 0x00001055 0x00000001 0x00002134 0x09e094f8 0x01a9fdf4: 0x100de7e9 0x00001055 0x00000001 0x00002134
Okay, well I'll keep fiddling and see what I can get to happen from this, but so far I'm thinking it's a good thing you guinea-pigged us before you released this on your site. :o) This'll be great when it works, I'm sure, but so far... well... You're lucky you're a nice fella. :o) A faceless corporation would be getting a right tonguelashing about now...
Pertinent specs: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (@ 2.5Ghz), 4GB ram, nVidia 9800GTX 512MB, Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Fata1ity Platinum, WinXP Pro SP3. (I really should update my sig)
Hope that helps...